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Anyone that has a love for the outdoors will know that some of the most breath-taking scenery and best trekking in the world exists on our very own doorstep. Welcome to Britain! From the beauty of the rolling Derbyshire hills to the rugged mountains of the Lake District and Snowdonia - we really do have it all. So here is a selection of two and three day walks and treks that comprise this wonderful collection of mini-walking holidays. Whats on . . .
Nature: Leave the car at home – and use the train to access this great trek which aims to cover the first two days of the Penine Way (in a single day). This is an arduous day’s trek across the toughest terrain the Peak District can throw at you … This trek traverses approximately 25 miles of rough, wild, moorland and is unrelenting in its challenge with the culmination crossing the highest point of the Peak – Kinder Scout. Once completed, a genuine sense of achievement will immediately follow (and flow). On a good day this walk should take 9 hours – but on a bad day with the weather against us it could take as long as 14 hours! Base Point: Marsden (Friday night) / Edale (Saturday night)
Private bookings can be taken for this event. Contact us with your preferred date(s) that suit you and the numbers and we'll get back to you asap with all the details.
Nature: Leave the car at home and travel by train to the Peak District for this wild getaway. This is a four day trek designed to encapsulate the essence of the Peak’s contrasting beauty and its history. Included is the option to cut this down and to do the middle two days only (Saturday and Sunday). Either way it won’t be a “stroll in the park” – with four long days of walking. Friday – Glossop to Castleton Saturday – Castleton to Youlegreave Sunday – Youlegreave to Hartington Monday – Youlegreave to Buxton Start: Glossop Railway Station Finish: Buxton Railway Station Accommodation: YHA / B&B occupy the end point for each trek day. (Nb not included in the price). Price per person (guiding only): £175 (4 days) or £95 (2 days) Leader / client ratio: not exceeding 1:6
Nature: This great trek was inspired by one of the day's from Waiwright's Whitsuntide Walk. The Saturday leads us from the lake side of Keswick's Derwent Water and via a high traverse of Catbells, Maiden Moor and Dale Head we arrive at the shore of Lake Buttermere. The walk is high affording us brilliant Lake District views panning two valleys either side of our ridgeline - and at the same the time the total distance is kept to a manageable 10 miles. Carry a tent, or go light and stay at the local youth hostel - either way this is a great route for all walkers. Sunday is a more palatable 8 miles getting us back to our start point not too late for the drive/train home. Base Point: Keswick (Friday night) / Buttermere (Saturday night)
Private bookings can be taken for this event. Contact us with your preferred date(s) that suit you and the numbers and we'll get back to you asap with all the details.
The Welsh 3000s Nature: A weekend of challenging walking that aims to bag Wales' fourteen 3000ers: from Foel Fras to Mount Snowdon. For some (actually most) people, bagging all of Wales' highest mountains inside one or two days is near on impossible. Here we offer a civilised alternative - allowing you to take a crack at this challenge over three great hill days. Beware - these remain mountain days and hence a head for heights and mountain fit legs are still a pre-requisite! Base point: Nant Peris / Llanberis
Private bookings can be taken for this event. Contact us with your preferred date(s) that suit you and the numbers and we'll get back to you asap with all the details.
The Welsh 3000s Nature: This is the KING of challenge events. Attempting to do the Welsh 3000s challenge is HARD – so why not let us help you with the guiding and logistics to give you every opportunity to achieve success. (In 2009 we had 100% success rate on this event and in 2010 we had 14 out of 17 finish in less than 20 hours, and in 2011 we had a course record getting the team back to the pub before last orders!). This trek combines true challenge with wilderness, excitement and awe - and all inside the space of one weekend! Base point: Nant Peris / Llanberis
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Nature: 25 miles – this is the original Three Peaks Challenge - a North of England classic and an ideal first experience for the adventure trekker. Starting and finishing in Horton in Ribblesdale and working clockwise we’ll attempt to walk the three highest hills of Yorkshire inside 12 hours. Start / Finish: Horton in Ribblesdale
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Inspired wild camping adventure! Nature: The aim of this is to introduce you to wild camping. And while you will need to be fit enough to carry a rucksack full of your kit to the top of a big Lake District hill - we also allow plenty of time for it - making this an ideal first adventure for those of you itching to try out your new tent! We won’t camp on Scafell Pike – but close enough to get some photographs from it as the sun sets and the light is at its best … camera and tripod could be called for! Start / Finish: Stonethwite
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Nature: Hadrian's Wall Path is the popular National Trail shadowing the historic line of Hadrian's Wall. Here's a choice selection spanning around 28 miles of the route which leads us on an historic journey through rolling hills taking in the rugged and beautiful British countryside with a healthy dose of Roman engineering! Base Point: Once Brewed
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Nature: For me this is where it all began - my first mountaineering adventure all those years back aged 14 with the Air Cadets and I never tire of returning! Everyone loves this hill - the highest in South Wales: for its beauty by walkers and for its challenge by the SAS! However you take it - you can be sure of a great weekend on the hill with these great two days in the Brecons. This weekend of walking is ideal for the novice to hill walking too! Base Point: Talybont on Usk
Private bookings can be taken for this event. Contact us with your preferred date(s) that suit you and the numbers and we'll get back to you asap with all the details.
The Welsh 3000s Nature: A weekend of challenging walking that aims to bag Wales' fourteen 3000ers: from a dawn ascent of Snowdon to the northern-most summit Foel Fras. Two long mountain days seeking to summit all the mountains in Wales that are higher than 3000 feet. Beware - these remain mountain days and hence a head for heights and mountain fit legs are still a pre-requisite! Start point: Nant Peris
Private bookings can be taken for this event. Contact us with your preferred date(s) that suit you and the numbers and we'll get back to you asap with all the details.
Nature: Leave the car at home and travel by train to the Peak District for this wild getaway. You’ll be met in Hope on Friday night and guided in by the light of your head-torch to this remote converted barn – accessible only by foot, 4WD and helicopter (and we don’t have a 4WD or helicopter). Warmed by the large open fire we’ll talk through Saturday’s plans … if there were such a thing – this would be the haute route of the Peak District! We wake up, already on the hill and starting high so that’s where we’ll stay starting with a traverse of the southern edge of Kinder Scout. Our hike will continue on the high ground taking in the wonderful ridge line that stretches from Brown Knoll all the way to Lose Hill. Depending on how people are doing we may just sneak in a crafty ascent of Win Hill before heading back for an endorphin high, tasty meal and maybe a cheeky glass of wine back at the barn. Sunday will be a relaxed walk back to Hope – to enjoy coffee and papers in the cafe before the train home. Distances: Friday night – 3.5 miles; Saturday – up to 19 miles; Sunday – 4 miles
Private bookings can be taken for this event. Contact us with your preferred date(s) that suit you and the numbers and we'll get back to you asap with all the details.
For further trekking and walking holidays and treks overseas see our Adventure Holidays. A Note on Wild Camping Wild camping - it's natural, it's organic, it's low carbon footprint and everyone's talking about it. It's the new 'in thing' and it's about time that you tried it! Normally when you go camping you would book into a roadside campsite - pay your money and erect your tent next to your car. When you are wild camping you walk several miles into the middle of nowhere, select your spot and pitch your tent. It's that simple. True you have to carry your tent, and there won't be a shower block when you get there. But there is a certain excitement and romance about solitude in the wilderness. And it doesn't matter what the weather is like - it can be absolutely storming and howling or a beautiful vista out there, either way you'll be chuckling with excitement - it's really that great. Perched on a hill, away from noisy neighbours and busy roads a whole new feeling of contentment and joy will strike to your very core. Get it right and it's brilliant. (We can provide the tents too). There is a code to wild camping in England and Wales. Broadly it is as follows:
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Vindolanda is a fascinating Roman fort and settlement lying just to the south of Hadrian's Wall. Listed by the guide as a must see fort on along Hadrian's Wall.
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Marsden to Edale – The High Peak
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